Maine Folklife Center

MF 004 Aroostook County Oral History Project

Number of Accessions: 127Dates when interviews were conducted: 1971-1972Time period covered: 19th and 20th centuriesPrincipal interviewers: Helen K. AtchisonFinding Aides: catalogsAccess Restrictions: noneDescription: Aroostook Oral History Project. 1971-1972. Project conducted under the auspices of the Cary Library in Houlton, Maine, which resulted in a collection of 119 cassettes, totaling 73 hours, with interviews of more than 150 people covering a wide range of topics; i.e., early county history, early farming and machinery, the Aroostook War, railroading, lumbering, potato farming, maple sugar making, folksongs, folklore, folk medicine, politics, town meetings, cross-border migration, smuggling, Indians, sporting camps, schools and schooling, tall tales, superstitions, and many other aspects of the county’s cultural heritage. Tapes in French (20) and Swedish (2) have not been abstracted and have only brief descriptions of contents; a general index for the collection by subject and town is available in house. This collection was put into public domain by the Cary Library (Houlton, Maine).

Related: If you find this collection interesting, you may want to check out another of the Acadian related Maine resources: University of Maine Fort Kent’s Acadian Archives.
NA1654 Charlotte Lenentine Melvin, donated by Helen K. Atchison. One cassette tape recorded by Melvin. Melvin talks about the history of Aroostook County; general factors controlling historical development; process of settlement; international rivalry – U. S. and British Provinces; boundary controversy; effects of the Webster-Ashburton treaty on Aroostook County. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0038 / CD 0218.

NA2827 Joseph St. Germain, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Conducted in French. Brief index. St. Germain, of Wallagrass, ME, talks about his life lumbering and road-building; Great Northern Paper Co.; grindstone roads; building the Wallagrass bridge; the origin of the name Wallagrass; and a discussion of how Patten became known as a lumber capital; information regarding pulpwood operations; Stacyville; a description of living quarters during log drives. Note on cover states that it is a good source on all phases of lumbering in Aroostook and Penobscot counties. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0040 / CD 0220 French.

NA2833 Theophile Freeman, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Conducted in French. Brief index. Freeman, of Fort Kent, talks about farming; cattle and sheep raising; the origin of Soldier Pont; taking the train there in 1912; the settlement of the area; the Irish potato famine; the first school at Wallagrass Road; the first church at Wallagrass in 1887; Father Demarch; amusement; home brew & whiskey making; maple syrup operation; Doctors Sirois and Page; the first airplane; and life c. 1972. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0046, CD 0228 French.

NA2834 Fedime Morin, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Conducted in French. Brief index. Morin, of Madawaska, talks about being a law enforcement officer; early law enforcement history; prohibition and early jails; anecdotes of his long career; and advances in equipment. There is no side 2. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0047, CD 0229 French.

NA2851 Christian Albert, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Conducted in French, Brief index. Albert, of Van Buren, talks about being a river pilot on the St. Lawrence; education of a doctor; the flu epidemic of 1918; information about Mrs. Michaud; Albert’s pharmacy; doctor’s fees and means of payments; and ice house operations. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0062, CD 0436 French.

NA2852 Henry C. Anderson, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Conducted in Swedish. Brief index. Anderson, of New Sweden, talks about the history of the colonization of New Sweden by 51 Swedes from Gothenburg, Sweden in 1887; names of settlers and activities of the first two years; social life; and Christmas celebrations. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0063, CD 0437 Swedish.

NA2854 Henry Anderson, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Anderson, of New Sweden, talks about history of original settlers; recruitment of Swedes into region; original crops planted; development of town; anniversary celebrations discussion; town characters; fires in the community in the 1880-90s; schooling in the same period; introduction of different technologies into the area; mills; the B&A branch in the region; social activities; reasons for Swedes coming to Maine; and his descendants. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0065, CD 0440.

NA2856 Mrs. E. Anderson, Mrs. A. Fogelin, and Mrs. E. Soderberg, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Anderson, Fogelin, and Soderberg, of Stockholm, three daughters of early Swedish settlers, discuss their family origins; early life in New Sweden and Stockholm; women’s work on farms; the Great Depression and its effects; bringing up families; social life; the community welfare organization; illnesses and remedies; recipes; and Christmas cooking. Text: 1 pp. brief index. Recording: C 0067, CD 0443.

NA2857 Mr. George Nelson and Mrs. George Nelson, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. The Nelsons, of Stockholm, talk about stories of family origins; the Stockholm Lumber Company; the effects of World War I on the region; the flu epidemic; raising a family in the period; Stockholm in 1919 – prosperity; fires and firefighting; and the first automobiles in the area. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0068, CD 0444.

NA2858 Axel Tall, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Tall, of Stockholm, discusses his family’s background; schooling; East Jemptland; teaching in Stockholm and Caribou; changes in the educational system over time; his father’s employment; mills; log hauling; farming; and a comparison of the welfare state between its inception and the 1970s. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0069, CD 0445.

NA2859 Gussie Beaulier and Lyle Gardner, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Beaulier and Gardner, of Ashland, talk about stories of log cutting and log drives; wood operations; mechanics of the drive; work day on the drive; big Sheridan mills; towns of Stetson and Blanchard; tales from the log drives (extensive lumbering vocabulary used); stories; poems; and songs from the late 1800s, early 1900s – no original or local material. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0070, CD 0446 – 0447.

NA2861 Climena Sylvester and Benton Craig, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Sylvester and Craig, of Ashland, talk about the history of Ashland and of Grange Number 247; history of the local potato house and potato shipping; early memories of hand operations before electricity; the first potato and reefer cars; gradual technological improvements; the process of shipping to Searsport and Boston; and recent developments in the town’s history. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0072, CD 0450 – 0451.

NA2863 Joseph Theriault and Mr. Clukey, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Theriault and Clukey, of Ashland, discuss the history of the Sheridan Mills settlement; the establishment of the mill community of Sheridan; bootlegging; wages at the mill; shipping lumber; the livery stable; railroad-tie making; building up the Ashland branch of the Bangor and Aroostook railroad; Russians and “Pollacks” (Polish) as laborers; Walter Brenan – a woodsman at Oxbow Flats; guiding; and a blacksmith shop. Text: 1 pp. brief index. Recording: C 0074, CD 0453.

NA2864 Ora Daggett and Georgie Orcutt, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Daggett, of Portage, discusses the Lombard Steam Log hauler including a general description of its use; anecdotes;, and lumbering. Orcutt, of Ashland, talks about his experiences as a telephone operator; working for the Independent Telephone Company in 1906 and the Aroostook Telephone Company.
Recording: C 0075, CD 0454 – 0455.

NA2867 Reverand George Plante, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Plante, of Ashland, Maine, discusses Catholic churches in the Ashland area; missions in Ashland, Sheridan, and Portage; the first parish attempt in 1889 and second attempt in 1900; the parish founded in Sheridan in 1902; the church at Frenchville; difficulties in the 1930s; and developments in the community between the 1960s and 1970s. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0078, CD 0459.

NA2868 Elizabeth M. Rafford, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Rafford, of Ashland, Maine, talks about early Ashland school; the Wrightville school in Sheridan and its subsequent certification; a description of a one room classroom; the Doak School on Maridis Road between 1917-1919; social gatherings in Wrightville; the Doak school districts; and the economic hardships of the region. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0079, CD 0460.

NA2869 George C. Sawyer and Frank W. Howes, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Sawyer, of Ashland, Maine, discusses the Hayden murder and the lynching of Jim Cullin in Mapleton. Howes, a team driver in Oxbow, talks about early farms and farm sites on the road between Oxbow and Knowles Corner; the California Road of 1849; and the story of the name and history of the road. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0080, CD 0461.

NA2870 George Young and Fred Coffin, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Young, of Ashland, Maine, discusses recollections of his youth; the grist mill; early telephone services in Ashland; a visit from woodsmen; early churches; early roads and conditions; and early lumbering companies and conditions. Coffin, of Ashland, Maine, talks about the history of the Ashland Library; building the railroad; lumber and work trains; passenger service at Fort Kent; and station agents. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0081, CD 0461 – 0462.

NA2873 Mr. Alonzo Keaton and Mrs. Alonzo Keaton, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. The Keatons, of Caribou, Maine, discuss life in a lumber camp; the ferry across the St. John River; the establishment of a customs office; lumbering; Christmas in the woods; log drives; an alcohol plant in Caribou; hunting; and the Realty mill. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0084, CD 0466.

NA2874 Donated by Helen K. Atchison and collected by Susan Collins for a school assignment. A tape-recorded collection of French customs and folklore of Caribou Maine: French folksongs; frolics; seasonal customs; superstitions; religious observations; and legends based on historical fact. Text: 1 pp. brief index. Recording: C 0085, CD 0467.

NA2875 W. F. Howard, Ruth Howard, and Earl Dow, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. The Howards, of Fort Fairfield, Maine, talk about early railroads; the Bangor and Aroostook line; the early railroad and telegraph services; and duties of the station master. Dow, of Fort Fairfield, Maine, discusses his father’s experiences as a fireman; his own experiences as a freight handler, a clerk, and an auditor. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0086, CD 0468 – 0469.

NA2877 Edward Johnston, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Johnston, of Easton and Fort Fairfield, Maine, discusses the history of potato farming and potato handling industry; the background and development of the growing and handling of potatoes in potato houses; the introduction of farm machinery; different varieties of potatoes; early potato handling techniques; the effects of railroads on farming; and modern improvements to the region. Text: 8 pp. transcript. Recording: C 0088, CD 0471 30 minutes.

NA2879 Lewis Ayoob and Lester Parker, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Ayoob, of Fort Fairfield, Maine, discusses Syrians in the Fort Fairfield town band; the arrival of Syrians in the region; itinerant peddlers; foods; and funeral customs. Parker, of Fort Fairfield, Maine, talks about his history with the town band; a general history of the town band; dance playing and locations and different occasions; and the location of the old band stand. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0090, CD 0473 – 0474.

NA2880 Rommy L. Haines, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Recording of folklore poems of Fort Fairfield, Maine. Brief index. Tape includes the “Maiden’s Sacrifice” by Dr. James Hanay – of Maliseet folklore, and “Riverside Cemetery” a poem by Chandler Cushman Harvey, owner and editor of the Fort Fairfield Review (1902-1940), and “Kingdom of Pines”, a poem by George F. Ashby. Haines, of Fort Fairfield, Maine, discusses the Maple Grove settlement; a history of the Haines family; the first school and first church; Quakers in the region; the Bangor-Aroostook Railroad; and the potato industry. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0091, CD 0475 – 0476.

NA2882 Hazel H. Cushman and Mary Towle Kimball, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Cushman, of Fort Fairfield, Maine, discusses the history of J. Wingate Haines and the Quaker Maple Grove clay; a Civil War letter from Daniel Haines to his brother Fred; a story of Fred’s invention of the first horse-drawn cultivator; marketing potatoes; a letter from the Lewiston Weekly dated Sept. 5, 1906 by the Agricultural editor; and a portrait of six prosperous farms. Kimball, of Fort Fairfield, Maine, talks about Mary Estes Towles’ genealogy; letters by Mary Estes Towles to her grandmother dated in 1888 and her aunt Mrs. Elmira Tibbetts from 1889; and excerpts from a cookbook compiled in 1888, which included recipes and household hints. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0093, CD 0478 – 0479.

NA2883 Zella Carson Cogswell, Ike Carson, Marion French, and James Bernard, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Cogswell, Carson, and French, of Fort Fairfield, discuss the Carson family background; Wellington House – the first frame house; shops and buildings in the early 1920s; circus days; Marion’s story about the Aroostook War with biographical details of Warren Johnson; a reading of a draft call of February 28, 1839; and local sketches from Presque Isle – the Loyal Sunrise – June 7, 1865. Bernard, of Fort Fairfield, talks about a history of Aroostook county from Stewart Holbrook on the B & A; the forest boundary controversy; and the results of the Aroostook war.
Text: 2 pp. brief index. Recording: C 0094, CD 0480 – 0481.

NA2884 Carl Rasmussen, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Rasmussen, of Fort Fairfield, talks about his early life in New Denmark, New Brunswick; potato growing in Aroostook circa 1904; wages in the period; working at a smokehouse and granary; storage; pressing; the sale of hay; barn raising; and the potato industry between 1905 and 1910. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0095, CD 0482.

NA2885 Belone Pelletier, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Pelletier, of Fort Kent, discusses his childhood experiences; working as a cookee in a lumber camp; cookee stories; the logistics of log transportation; how to make coal; drives around Fort Kent; how goods were transported into the woods; the ethnic makeup of crews; logging stories; stories relating to his marriage, discussion of different lumber companies; and the town layout. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0096, CD 0483.

NA2886 Belone Pelletier, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Pelletier, of Fort Kent, talks about a grist mill; music at lumber camps; early stories in the region; introduction of cars in Fort Kent; the use of animals for lumbering camps; experiences on the drive as a cookee; and this history of lumbering corporations in relation to St. John. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0097, CD 0484.

NA2887 Tom Pelletier, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Pelletier, of Allagash, discusses lumbering and boating on the Allagash; the origin of Dickey; a description of a steam log hauler; the origin of the name Allagash; the origin of the Allagash Pelletier family; the origin of Knicker brook; the ferry on the Allagash in the summers; Governer Sewell; schools in the area; a general narrative on householding; a description of a bateaux; and J. T. Michaud of the Michaud farm. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0098, CD 0485.

NA2888 Tom Pelletier, Aaron Jackson, and Rosie Jackson, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Pelletier, of Allagash, discusses Native Americans and their artifacts; the end of lumbering and the Temiscouata railroad; Indian burial grounds; and the ice dam and a 13 day flood. The Jacksons, of St. Francis, talk about the Allagash cave; Grand Falls; Horse race rapids. Interview also contains a bear story told by Mrs. Jackson and a song by Mrs. Jackson learned 75 years beforehand. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0099, CD 0486 – 0487.

NA2890 Aaron Jackson and Rosie Jackson, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. The Jacksons, of St. Francis, discuss rivermen and guides; the flood of 1893 and its effects on the area; weather comparisons; education; and canoe making. Also includes songs by the Jacksons. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0101, CD 0489 – 0490.

NA2891 Jim Connors, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Connors, of St. Francis and Allagash, discusses a guided tour up the Allagash river; the St. Francis and St. John Rivers as boundary rivers; tales of “Old Tom Gardner”; a famous guide; Connors, New Brunswick; the Temiscouata railroad; reminiscences of daily life in earlier years; food; remedies; knitting; and other daily chores and habits. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0102, CD 0491.

NA2892 Jim Connors, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Connors, of St. Francis and Allagash, talks about hunting and fishing along the St. John River Valley; a poetry reading of “The Bells of St. Michele” by Drummond and “Spring Riches” by Catherine Shelley; growing up in Allagash and St. Francis; family background; pine lumbering and logging days; and present-day logging practices. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0103, CD 0492.

NA2893 John Lewis Page, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Page, of Fort Kent, talks about an old footbridge; personal material; the first doctor in Fort Kent (Dr. Sirois); the family owned footbridge across the St. John River; activities concerned with the bridge; smuggling and the custom official; and an animal cemetery. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0104, CD 0493.

NA2894 Edith Kelly, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Kelly, of Allagash, discusses well digging in the Allagash; the quality of clay produced from drilling for pottery; and how the discovery of the clay led to a career in making and selling pottery – Alla Ware Pottery. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0105, CD 0494.

NA2895 Sophie Pinette Brown, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, of Fort Kent, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Brown talks about teaching at age 13 in 1886 in the back settlements of Fort Kent and Eagle Lake; the difficulties of teaching French-Canadian children with English textbooks; and her brother-in-law John’s career as an early surveyor of Fort Kent. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0106, CD 0495.

NA2900 Mrs. Stella Oliver, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Oliver, of Houlton, discusses her family background; living and cooking in a lumber camp; personal experiences with horses; a comparison of life in earlier years versus the 1970s; horse contests; state children; and senior citizens. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0111, CD 0500.

NA2901 Asael Logan, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Logan, of Houlton, talks about his family background; river drives along the East Branch and the Penobscot; woods equipment; lumbering procedures; log riding; an Indian story about Johnny Daylight; Martin Emerson of Island Falls; a “Hulling Machine” along the East Branch; wages; step dancing; a poem by Fred Logan titled “The Penobcot Lumber woods”; and George Knox stories. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0112, CD 0501.

NA2902 Asael Logan, Don McAtee, and Eric Richards, circa 1971-1972. Logan, on fiddle, McAtee, on guitar, and Richards, of Houlton, play typical square and country music with comments on well known fiddlers in the area: Claire Lake and Clifford Lockhart; callers Ambrose O’Donnell and Lawrence Carmichael of Monticello – a fiddle maker; the songs: “Wreck at Altoona” and “Haste to the Wedding”; and a comparison with southern style fiddling. Recording: C 0113, CD 0502.

NA2903 William Cumming, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Cumming, of Houlton, discusses his work as a weather observer since 1915; official observer for the area since 1935; weather records; peculiarities in the Houlton area related to the weather; and the use of charts in lawsuits, road building, and such. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0114, CD 0503.

NA2907 Lydia Trask Putnam Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972, in Houlton, Maine. Brief index. They talk about the genealogical backgrounds of the members of a DAR chapter in a small New England town. Text: 1 pp. brief index. Recording: C 0118, CD 0507.

NA2911 Elden Tapley, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Tapley, of Madawaska, Maine, discusses the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad; the international bridge; a story of Robert Connors; railroads; the first automobile; and World War I. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0122, CD 0511.

NA2912 Alvey Dubois and Geraldine Chasse, recorded by Helen K. Atchison. Recording of Madawaska Centennial of 1969 Pageant with lyrics and music. Narrated by Dubois and Chasse and contains information about the Maliseets (Malecites); Acadians; The Aroostook War; Mt. Carmel Chapel; the first town meeting; the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad; education; the finale and credits. RESTRICTED. Text: 1 pp. index. Recording: C 0123, CD 0512.

NA2913 Bernadette Mayhew, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Mayhew, of Madawaska, Maine, discusses transportation, specifically crossing the river in a basket; social customs; the convent in St. Agatha; smuggling; the daughters of Isabella; a church history; automobiles; and hotels in the area. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0124, CD 0513.

NA2918 Franklin S. Cunningham, interviewed by A. Stimpson, circa 1971-1972, donated by Helen K. Atchison. Brief index. Cunningham, of Presque Isle, talks about his lifetime in education; his personal background; early teaching in Mapleton; teaching and being principal of high school in Presque Isle; normal schools; country schools; the development of Presque Isle into a city; the town band and concerts; traveling shows; and the rewards of a long career. Text: 1 pp. brief index, 10 pp. transcript. Recording: C 0129, CD 0518 30 minutes.

NA2919 Murray Murphy, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Murphy, of Presque Isle, talks about work as a woodsman; his life activities; early contact with the woods; arrowheads and pottery; building of railroads; recreational camps; Native American remains; the “Tragedy of the St. John River” a poem on a Mohawk attack; forestry service; great fires; early firefighting equipment; and his father’s farm in Ashland. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0130, CD 0519.

NA2920 Augusta Christie, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Christie, of Presque Isle, a Maine State Legislator, talks about her experiences as a teacher, a farmer’s wife, and a legislator; her family background in Ashland; school days in a one-room schoolhouse; her business career; early political activities; Depression years; World War II years; and comments on her legislative career. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0131, CD 0520.

NA2921 Dorothy Dingwall, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Dingwall, of Presque Isle, talks about the Army Base in Presque Isle during WWII – the reasons for the base; kinds of planes; the role of the base on the Atlantic run to Europe; the Arctic Rescue team; hospitals for the wounded; prisoners of war; visiting V.I.P.s; a comparison with Vietnam antiwar attitudes; and the building of the Limestone base. Text: brief index, 2 pp. single spaced transcript. Recording: C 0132, CD 0521 20 minutes.

NA2922 Avis Dudley, interviewed by A. Stimpson, circa 1971-1972, donated by Helen K. Atchison. Brief index. Dudley, of Mapleton, talks about life in Castle Hill and Mapleton; early school days; the David Dudley store; the Cullin Murder and lynching; early Mapleton memories; horses; a visit to a lumber camp; life as a farmer between 1918 to the 1960s; Depression years; the Dudley Homestead restaurant; and the Northern Maine fair in the 1920s. Text: 1 pp. brief index, 10 pp. transcript. Recording: C 0133, CD 0522 20 minutes.

NA2931 Marcella Belanger Violette, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-1972. Brief index. Violette, of Van Buren, discusses the history of the St. John River valley and Acadians from approximately 1787 to 1911; the northeastern boundary controversy; the role of the church; education; and different types of French spoken in the area. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0140, CD 0531.

NA2939 Sister Bertha Duperry, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-72. Brief index. Duperry, of Van Buren, a history of the Keegan post office between 1907-1971 and Charles Keegan; a history of the Duperry family; the railroad from Bangor to St. John River; Europeans and North American Company controversy; Van Buren history quiz; a short report on potato houses by a sixth grader; an article from the Portland Sunday Telegram from November 6, 1955; a centenary of the Diocese of Portland; and St. Daigle’s parish. Text: brief index. Recordings: C 0146, CD 0539.

NA2946 Autice Jardine, interviewed by Helen K. Atchison, circa 1971-72. Brief index. Jardine, of Washburn, talks about the Canadian Pacific Railroad which was built to compete with Bangor and Aroostook Railroad; an excursion to Boston on Washington’s birthday on the B&A. Text: brief index. Recording: C 0153, CD 0551.

NA2947 Myrtle Jardine and Larry Wilcox, recorded by Helen K. Atchison. Jardine reads a term paper by Wilcox on the history of Washburn. Text: 1 pp. index. Recording: C 0154, CD 0552.